Looted Masterpieces: The Ethical Implications of World War II Stolen Art

  • 19 Sep 2014
  • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Cleveland- Carl B. Stokes U.S. Courthouse, 7 Floor Auditorium

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Looted Masterpieces:  
The Ethical Implications of World War II Stolen Art

Description:
This lunch seminar will give attendees an overview about art looting during the Second World War and how sales of stolen works bankrolled large parts of the Nazi war machine.  Attendees will also learn about laws that were passed in the wake of the looting, to return stolen art to its rightful owners, and the extent to which those laws have been successful.

Speaker Bio: 
Raymond J. Dowd is a partner in the law firm of Dunnington Bartholow & Miller LLP in New York City.  His legal practice centers on litigation in federal and state trial and appellate courts, arbitration, and mediation.  Notable cases in which he has acted as lead counsel involve art law, copyrights, trademarks, cybersquatting, privacy, trusts and decedents estates, licensing, corporate and real estate transactions. He has litigated questions of Austrian, Canadian, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Swiss law.
Mr. Dowd lectures frequently on copyright and art-related topics.  He was selected for an expert panel in the 2009 Prague Conference on Holocaust-Era Assets and has lectured in many venues including the Jewish Museum in Berlin, Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the San Francisco War Memorial and the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.  In 2007 he co-founded the Art Litigation and Dispute Resolution Institute at New York County Lawyers’ Association.
Agenda:
 11:30 a.m.      Registration
12:00 p.m.      Looted Masterpieces: The Ethical Implications of World War II Stolen Art, Raymond  J. Dowd, Esq.
1:10 p.m.        Questions and answers
1:30 p.m.        Seminar Concludes

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1.5 Hours of Ohio CLE Credit
Pending Approval by the Ohio Supreme Court 
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